Small and medium enterprises are underfunding IT security

While large enterprises have the resources to tackle security issues, smaller organizations can struggle. A new survey of more than 150 IT security professionals at small to medium-sized businesses shows a significant drop in respondents' confidence in the security technologies they've deployed. The study by security as a service specialist EiQ Networks reveals that 86 percent respondents say their organizations have underfunded IT security initiatives. Less than 15 percent report confidence that currently deployed technologies will be successful in detecting and responding to cyber attacks. This compares to 26.8 percent in 2015. In addition 56 percent say that their organizations are not… [Continue Reading]